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Disney’s Diversity Chief Latondra Newton quits

Latondra Newton, Disney's chief diversity officer and senior vice president, is leaving her position after more than six years, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. Newton intends to join the corporate board of another company and focus on her creative company. Newton's direct repor...

Indonesia, SpaceX launches satellite to boost internet connectivity

Indonesia and Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX on Monday launched the country’s largest telecommunication satellite from the United States, in a $540 million project intended to link up remote corners of the archipelago to the internet.

Approximately two-thirds of Indonesia...

Rahul Shivshankar quits Times Now

Times Now's editorial director and editor-in-chief, Rahul Shivshankar, has quit. His Twitter bio, which reads 'Editor-In-Chief TIMES NOW, 2016 to 2023,' revealed that he was leaving the media company. As Chi...

India set to achieve $300 bn electronics production target

The government is on track to meet the $300 billion electronics manufacturing target, representing a massive 20-25 times increase in almost a decade, according to Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday. According to the Vision Document 2.0 prepared by the IT Ministry and...

Zee-Sony Merger: SAT to hear matter on June 26

The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) announced on Monday that the next hearing in the Zee merger case will be held on June 26, according to ET Now. SAT refused to grant interim relief to Essel Group chairman Subash Chandra and his son Punit Goenka on Friday after the markets regulator barred them from holding the position of director or ke...

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“This initiative will empower subscribers to pay online and subscribe to the channels they want to watch and get it activated on their TV sets in real-time without any delay. Without needing to undertake any software development, LMOs can approach Mobiezy for their pre-built and pre-integrated solution that uses NXTDigital’s news APIs and can be up and running with their own mobile apps within just a few days.”

RU Ediriwira, Group CTO, NXTDigital Limited

“With the launch of Partnership for Growth 3.0 we intend to expand our network with 40 new NXTHUBs, each offering up to 650 live TV channels and broadband. Our efforts are focused on harnessing the convergence of technologies, developing robust apps and creating new business models that will help the overall ecosystem, delivering the best experience to our subscribers. We hope to achieve a stronger foothold in the rural regions of the country and grow our subscriber base.”

N.K. Rouse, COO, NXT Digital Ltd

“One of the key principles of the Hinduja Group is ‘Partnership for Growth’. After 2.0 saw the launch of HITS to connect LMOs in even the most remote locations through the only satellite-based cable TV platform in India; 3.0 focuses not just on strengthening the overall ecosystem we have built, but harnessing the convergence of technologies – to be delivered through a national network of NXTHUBs. Video and broadband are only the beginning of the digital highway of services that we have developed for roll-out backed by a robust suite of innovative apps developed by service providers exclusively for our LMOs and subscribers.”

Vynsley Fernandes, MD & CEO, NXTDigital Limited

“Wireline broadband is becoming ever more important not only in connecting homes across the country but also small to large enterprises-to the digital economy. The NXTHUBs will be the perfect point-of-presence to offer broadband services to cater to these consumer needs.”

Yugal Kishore Sharma CEO, ONEOTT Intertainment Limited

Amazing and grim battle for survival. Guess it will end up in Supreme Court. All that NCLT asked Zee to do was to file a reply to Invesco petition for a EGM. Now this is getting too serious. So far Invesco has been hammered for demanding an EGM. What is Zee upto? Ofcourse my lawyer community knows better!